Question

About five hundred years ago, an earthquake (地震) happened in a small village. Luckily for them, nothing was destroyed (毁坏) and no one was hurt. But a huge stone fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

When the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the stone out of the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked.

"Well," they said sadly, "there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the way."

At this time a boy about 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the stone away.

"You?" they shouted. "What are you talking about?" The men all laughed at the boy.?

The next morning, some people came into the road. One of them shouted, "The stone is gone." More people ran out to see what had happened. It was true. The stone wasn't on the road any longer. It wasn't even near the road.

The boy walked over to where the stone had been and said, "I buried it."

The people looked rather surprised. "You see," he said, "I dug a deep hole next to the stone and I dug a small incline (斜坡) up to the stone and the stone rolled (滚) down into the hole itself. Then I covered it with earth."

The villagers shouted, "Clever boy! Clever boy!" And some of them said, "Why didn't we think out this good idea?"

1.Around 500 years ago, this story happened in a small _____.?

A. town    B. village    C. city     D. country

2.After the earthquake, _____.

A. many people in the village died

B. nothing happened

C. the whole village was covered with big stones

D. a huge stone fell down the mountain and stood in the middle of the road

3.The stone was moved out of the road by _____.

A. an old man    B. a young man   C. a boy    D. a girl

4.In the end, the huge stone was _____.

A. in the earth  B. in the house

C. in the river  D. on the road side

5.From the passage, we can see that _____.

A. the boy was stronger than the villagers

B. the villagers were very foolish

C. the boy was very bright and good at thinking

D. the villagers were all proud of the boy before the earthquake happened

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个小村庄发生了一次地震，所幸的是无人受伤，但一块大石头挡在路的中央，一些强壮的男人试图搬开，但没有做到。有一个小男孩在石头旁边挖了一个大坑，顺石头方向挖成斜坡，石头自己滚了进去，然后用土埋掉，人们夸男孩聪明。文章告诉我们要想办法。

1.B细节理解题。这个故事发生在大约500年前的一个小村庄。town 城镇，名词；city 城市，名词；country 国家；village村庄，名词。根据文中About five hundred years ago, an earthquake happened in a small village，故选B。

2.D推理判断题。根据第一段nothing was destroyed (毁坏) and no one was hurt. But a huge stone fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road. 可知没有什么遭到毁坏，也没有人受伤。但是一块大石头从山上掉下来落在了路的中央。因此可排除A、B、C三项。故选D。

3.；a boy 一个男孩；文章告诉我们是男孩搬开了石头。故选C。

故选C。

4.A细节理解题。句意:最后，那块石头被埋在土中。in the house 在房子里； in the river在河里； on the road side在路上；in the earth在土中；根据文中倒数第三段The boy smiled and said “I buried it.”男孩说我把它埋了。故选A。

5. C推理判断题。the boy was stronger than the villagers这个男孩比村民强壮。 the villagers were very foolish 村民是非常愚蠢的；the villagers were all proud of the boy before the earthquake happened地震发生之前村民都以小男孩而自豪；the boy was very bright and good at thinking这个男孩很聪明并且善于思考。根据文章意思故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。